My Personal Fashion Icons

Here is the top 5 personal fashion icons. The people who, to me, have the best style and uniqueness, the two things that are most important to me when it comes to fashion.

1. M.I.A







A British singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer whose eclectic compositions combine elements of hip-hop, electronica, dance, avante-garde, alternative and world music. She also has some of the dopest style I have ever witness. Its very urban eccentric and colorful, my two favorite things. I absolutely love her swag. Not to mention her music is the shit! lol


2. La Roux (Elly Jackson)








Lead singer of the electro-pop English group La Roux. I love her style so much because it is mostly masculine themed.You usually find her in an array of mixed patterns, something studded, colorful, tons of accessories and oxfords (my fav!). When I was in high school I use to love wearing men's suit jackets and ties as well as bow ties. I still have a great attraction to men's clothing and I can't wait to start making some. Anyways La Roux's Elly Jackson makes my list for having breaking the rules of what men and women are "suppose" to wear and having a sick ass hair do!

3. Rupaul



Drag Queen super star is on this list because he is simply fabulous. In and out of Drag. His style is always animated and over the top. Rupaul also is not afraid to be who he really is and express his creativity threw fashion and I find that so inspiring. I've always loved drag shows and I can't wait til I finally go to one! It has to be a Rupaul one though..










4. Santigold



Santigold cannot be classified. The exact reason why she is one of my icons. From her music jumping genres to her attire jumping styles. Her style really varies from day to day which I can relate to myself. One day you can catch me wearing a men's button up and tie, the next day I could be wearing a polka dot corset. Its all in the mood! And that's important in fashion to me, switching it up. I hate seeing people wear the same style of clothing every day. BORING! Santigold's music has sometimes been compared to M.I.A. so if you like her then you'll like Santigold. I love them both!

5. Last but not least PRINCE



Prince is not only a fashion icon of mine but he is also my idol. I am the biggest Prince fan ever. He made this list though because he, like Elly Jackson, have blurred the lines between what is acceptable for men and women to wear with his controversial feminine detailed style looks. Ruffles, high waisted tight pants, lace, heels, and in this case polka dots are exactly how he does so.










All of these people who are on my fashion icons list are not only here because they have unparalleled fashion sense but they're also people who blurr the lines between what is and is not acceptable to wear. Each and every one of them inspire me to own my creativity and express it threw the clothes I wear.

More! (cont)

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YO SHANK! : 2011

Its been quite a while since I updated my clothing blog but it's a new year and sewing is all that's on my mind.

I recently just enrolled in school in San Francisco to take a few sewing classes. Of course I already know how to sew (I taught myself in high school and couldn't stop ever since) but I would really like to further my skills to open up new possibilities for my line. So far it has been great and I'm looking forward to learning more.

Anyways, lately I've really been into make accessories so hers a few new things I whipped up. Let me know what you guys think!

Stripes Are My New Black

I'm going threw a phase right now were I am soooo into stripes. So I hope you can like them as much as I'm starting to. Lol. Take a look at some new things I put together and let me know what you think. I've been checking out a lot of runway shows lately and been getting really inspired. I also got my hands on some really nice fabrics the other day so I'm super juiced to make my ideas some real things. I think I'm going to get together and make a collage of all the things that I like and get my sewing juices flowing to help my ideas be a little more clear to me. I'm thinking about putting them into a blog for you guys to so you can get to know what Shank is really into. But anyways, thanks for stopping by to check me out and leave comments pleaseeeee.

My Little Pretties

Sooooo I know it's been a minute since I put some stuff together I've just been a tinsy bit busy lately. But there is no way I could come back without a couple new little things I threw together on the good 'ol Shank machine. First I've got another one of my infamous vintage sweatershirts. Made from the finest Target Hanes (Lol) and a vintage Prince T shirt I kept around for just about forever. In case you don't already know, I'm just about the biggest Prince fan in this universe. Besides the fact that he is a musical genius his clothing is a great inspiration to me. I always listen to him when I'm sewing my days away. My favorite song of his, Erotic City, puts me in the Zone. So without further blah blah blah,






I also have a few flower hair clips I made a while back and matching earrings but never got around to showing you guys. I get tons of compliments on the earrings. What I love about them most is the all the different colors int the stripes, which I throw on with just about anything. They're made from a really cool cowl neck shirt I got a thrift store a couple years back. The shirt was too be but me being the pack-rat I am, I kept it forever. And it came to use! Now I have a million of these little flower clips and earrings.

Just about my favorite item I put together recently has to be these high waisted striped leggings. I got the idea from an absolutely beautiful pair of high waisted jeans I saw online at American Apparel for $80 but I would NEVER spend that much money on one piece of clothing so I made my own legging version, and Tad ah!

Last but not least, a highlighter yellow black waist band skirt. It has bunch of gathering in the very front to give it that peasant sort of look but all around the rest is sewn flat. I found this actually a part of a dress at a thrift store but didn't like the top part. I love the color and the fall of the bottom hem. So I simply cut off the top part of the dress that I didn't desire and sewed on to a black elastic waist band. Can't wait til It gets a little warmer so I can wear it. But then again, leggings can always be an option underneath, or the fishnet type stockings I have in the pic.

Oh a pleaseeeeeeeeee leave comments let me know what you guys think! And suggestions of things you think I should put together would be nice to. That's all folks!.................Well at least for now.

New Year And New Colours.

Cinco days into this new adventure called 2010 and I already feel it will be a great one. I've been getting alot of business and hits thanks to Blogspot and Facebook. Its lovely. Sewing is such a great outlet for me. I love the fact that the things I make for me and other people are made by ME. A feeling of self accomplishment ya dig? Anways I decided to make my infamous hooded scarf into a few more colors and patterns. I'm going to be sending them to my sister Acacia who is a fab photographer. I'm soooo juiced to see what she does with them :) so here they are and also the "Tale Of Two Tities" T I said I was working on. Its absolutely the funniest thing to me. Well let me know what you guysssss think! I love feed back!